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Gareth Malone, choirmaster and broadcaster, introduces his favourite classical Christmas music.

As we approach the big event, Gareth Malone chooses an eclectic mix of seasonal music to put the tinsel into your evening, bringing festive cheer as you wind down at the end of the day. Expect sleigh bells, wassailing, yuletide brass, and of course some finely sung carols along the way, in the first of two special programmes for Christmas.

Producer: Helen Garrison

2 hours

Last on

Thu 21 Dec 2023 17:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Deck The Hall

    Choir: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
    • This Is Christmas (Legacy Series).
    • Intellectual Reserve.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    O Holy Night

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Conductor: Gareth Malone. Choir: Gareth Malone's Voices. Choir: Birmingham Community Gospel Choir. Choir: London Youth Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Sophie Taylor Denton. Conductor: Geoff Lawson.
    • A Great British Christmas.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 4.

  • John Williams

    Main Title "Somewhere in My Memory" (From "Home Alone")

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Choir: American Boychoir.
    • Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Anniversary Edition).
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Videte miraculum

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Puer Natus Est, Tudor Music For Advent and Christmas: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Philip Lane

    Overture on French Carols

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • The Kingdom Choir

    Joy to the World

    • Christmas EP.
    • Sony Music CG.
    • 2.

  • The Kingdom Choir

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.
    • Sony Music CG.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah (Pifa / Glory to God)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Messiah.
    • Linn Records.
    • 14-19.

  • John Rutter

    Shepherds pipe carol

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Judy Garland

    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

    • Merry Christmas.
    • TV Music.
    • 21.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Trepak (Russian dance)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • The Joy of Christmas.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Music Arranger: Mitchell Parish.
    • The Greatest Christmas Choral Classics.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 21.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel Messiah, a soulful celebration: And he shall purify

    Performer: Tramaine Hawkins. Music Arranger: Quincy Jones.

  • The Kingdom Choir

    Silent Night

    • Christmas EP.
    • Sony Music CG.
    • 1.

  • Anon.

    Angelus ad Virginem

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • Christmas Carols.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 208.

  • Rebecca (Junior Carol Competition winner)

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • SENIOR Carol 4 - Clare Welfare

    Polaris

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale-Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S.Bach: Organ Works - Ton Koopman.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    Romance (Carol Symphony)

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Rose.
    • Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony: Pro Arte, Barry Rose.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    O Oriens

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anonymous

    In Dulci Jubilo (Piae Cantiones)

    Music Arranger: Belinda Sykes. Ensemble: Joglaresa.
    • Sing We Yule.
    • Joglaresa.
    • 006.

  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano)

    Performer: Coco Tomita. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • White Christmas (Arr. J. Heifetz for Violin & Piano).
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

  • Howard Blake

    Walking In The Air (From "The Snowman")

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Conductor: Gareth Malone. Choir: Gareth Malone's Voices. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • A Great British Christmas.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Dec 2023 17:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3